Participants (Speakers):

• Ulrike EHMIG (Institut für Papyrologie, Heidelberg)
• Enno GIELE (Institut für Sinologie, Heidelberg)
• MIYAKE Kiyoshi (Institute for Research in Humanities/Jinbunken, Kyoto)
• Klaus OSCHEMA (Historisches Seminar, Heidelberg)
• Joachim Friedrich QUACK (Institut für Ägyptologie, Heidelberg)
• Nicholas VOGT (Institut für Sinologie, Heidelberg)

Audience seating capacity: 20-30 max., please note that SFB members & invited individuals are prioritized in case of shortage of seats.

Schedule:
14:00-14:15   
Welcome and introduction (Giele)

14:15-15:00    
Stimulus paper: Literacy and Oral Communication in Early China. A View From the Excavated Manuscripts of the Qin and Han Periods (Miyake)

Short break

15:15-15:45    
Disciplinary perspectives 1: Ancient Egypt (Quack)

15:45-16:15    
Disciplinary perspectives 2: Ancient Rome (Ehmig)

Short break

16:30-16:45    
Disciplinary perspectives 3: Ancient Chinese Inscriptions (Vogt)

16:45-17:15    
Disciplinary perspectives 4: European Middle Ages (Oschema)

17:15-18:00    
General discussion
 

For an introduction and  a short bibliography please read the document below.